Updated to 23 October 2025
			(Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 506 of 2025)
			
	
		
		
		Contents
		
		
		Commencement
		
            
            
                | Section | 
                Commencement/Effective Date 
                    Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below. 
                 | 
                Commencement Information | 
            
            
			
			
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						S. 1 | 
					
						2 June 2003 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
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						S. 2  | 
					
						1 January 2004 | 
					Commenced as per s. 2(2) | 
				
			
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						Ss. 3-8 | 
					
						2 June 2003 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
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						Sch. | 
					
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					See s. 4 | 
				
			
		
		
		Amendments and other effects
		
			
				
					| How Affected | 
					Affecting Provision | 
					Affecting Provision Commencement/Effective Date
                                 Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below. 
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							Commencement Source | 
					    
			
			
			
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						Schedule references construed | 
					1/2014, ss. 1(22), 25(2) | 
					
								1 June 2014 | 
							Local Government Reform Act 2014 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) (No. 3) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 214 of 2014), art. 2 | 
					    
			
		
		
		SIs made under the Act
		
			| Section | SIs made under the Act | 
			
			
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						None | 
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